Painters in North Sydney, from harbourside apartments to high-rise offices.
Professional house, apartment and commercial painting for North Sydney, quoted in person by the owner, fixed in price before we start, and backed by a Dulux 5-year workmanship warranty. Painted properly. Protected like it’s our own home.
Workmanship
Warranty
Upscale Painting & Decorating (NSW Painting Licence 453040C) is a professional painting company in Sydney providing interior, exterior, apartment and strata painting in North Sydney and across Sydney’s Lower North Shore. Owner-led by Esmayel Nazari and operating since 2016, Upscale Painting & Decorating is a Dulux Accredited Painter and a certified member of Master Painters Australia. Every North Sydney job is quoted in person by Esmayel, fixed in price in writing before work starts, and backed by a written workmanship warranty.
Reviews
North Sydney residents and businesses who trusted us with their property.
Letting a painter into your home, your apartment or your office means trusting them with your floors, your furniture and your time. Here is what North Sydney clients say after working with Upscale Painting & Decorating. Every review below is a verified 5-star Google review.
Accredited & Licensed
Dulux Accredited Painter
5-Year Warranty
Master Painters Australia
NSW Member
Strata Community Assoc.
SCA NSW Member
NSW Government Licence
Contractor Licence No. 453040C
The problem
A repaint in North Shore shouldn’t be a nightmare.
If you have been putting off repainting, it is usually for one of a few reasons.
You have been handed a price that quietly grew once the work started. You have heard about painters who did not turn up, or who left dust, overspray and damage behind. Or you simply do not want strangers in your home or office for a week or two with no clear idea of what is happening, who is in the building, or when it will be finished.
In a suburb as tightly built as North Sydney, where so much of the work happens in apartment blocks and commercial towers, those worries are bigger, not smaller. They are exactly the ones Upscale Painting & Decorating is built to remove. Every part of how we work is designed so you know the price, know the schedule, and know your property is protected before a single brush is lifted.
You deal with Esmayel directly, not a call centre or a rotating crew. And everything we commit to, we put in writing.
The Upscale Promise
Five things in writing with every North Sydney job.
Most painters tell you they are reliable, tidy and good value. We would rather show you. Every North Sydney job comes with five commitments, in writing, before we start.
Services
Painting services for North Sydney homes, apartments and offices.
North Sydney runs from harbourside houses and walk-up apartment blocks to high-rise office towers, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints all of it. Every service below is available across the suburb and the wider Lower North Shore.
The process
How we paint a North Sydney property, from first call to final walk-through.
When you can picture the steps, the unknown stops being stressful. Here is exactly what happens.
Colour Consult & Fixed-Price Sign-Off
You get a free Dulux colour consultation, then a written, fixed-price quote. Nothing starts until you’ve seen the colours you’ll be living with and signed the price.
Protection, Prep & Painting
We photograph and protect every floor, fixture and piece of furniture, then prep properly, filling, sanding and priming, before applying premium Dulux systems. In apartment and commercial buildings we work to the access and timing the building requires. Prep is where a paint job is won or lost.
Painting in North Sydney
A business district wrapped in a harbourside village.
North Sydney is really two places at once, and that is what makes it different to paint. By day it is Sydney’s second CBD, a tight grid of high-rise commercial towers around Miller Street, Walker Street, Mount Street and North Sydney station. Step a few blocks in any direction and it becomes a harbourside village: the apartment blocks and period homes of Kirribilli, Milsons Point, McMahons Point, Lavender Bay and Waverton, many of them looking straight at the Harbour Bridge. Each side asks something different from a painter.
For the apartments and towers, the constraint is access and coordination. Painting a unit, a common stairwell, an office floor or a full facade in North Sydney usually means working alongside a strata manager, body corporate or building manager, booking lifts and loading docks, managing access through shared entrances, and keeping disruption to residents or staff low. In a precinct this dense, with limited parking and tight street access near the Pacific Highway and the bridge approaches, that scheduling is half the job. We handle it as part of the work, not as an afterthought.
For the offices, the constraint is timing. A repaint in a working North Sydney office cannot stop the business. We scope the job around trading hours and work after hours or in stages where that keeps your people productive, then leave the space clean and ready each morning.
For the harbourside homes, the constraint is the weather. The older houses of Kirribilli, McMahons Point and Lavender Bay sit right on the water, so their exteriors take more salt and sun than an inland home. That is worth factoring into the choice of exterior system, and we specify Dulux Weathershield coatings suited to harbour-facing exposure so the finish lasts. We have painted homes, apartments and commercial spaces across North Sydney and the neighbouring Lower North Shore, Crows Nest, Cammeray, Neutral Bay, Waverton and Mosman, since 2016, and we bring that local knowledge to every quote.
Pricing
What painting costs in North Sydney
Painting costs depend on the size of the space, the condition of the surfaces, the level of prep required, and the paint system used. Most painters will not quote a number without seeing the job, and neither will we. But here are the ranges most Sydney clients can expect, based on typical Upscale Painting & Decorating jobs.
| Job Type | Typical Sydney Range |
|---|---|
| Single-room interior repaintWalls + ceiling, one room | $800 – $1,500 |
| Full 3-bedroom interior repaintWalls, ceilings, trim, architraves | $5,000 – $10,000 |
| Full 4-bedroom interior repaintLarger plan, full home | $7,500 – $14,000 |
| Full exterior repaint — single storeyRender, brick, weatherboard | $8,000 – $16,000 |
| Full exterior repaint — double storeyTwo-level, full Weathershield system | $12,000 – $25,000+ |
| Apartment interior repaint1–2 bed, end-of-lease or move-in | $2,500 – $5,500 |
| Strata common areasPer complex, scope-dependent | Quoted on inspection |
Frequently Asked Questions
North Sydney painting questions, answered.
The questions North Sydney clients ask us on every quote, answered properly.
Do you paint apartments and strata buildings in North Sydney?
Yes. North Sydney has one of the densest apartment populations on the Lower North Shore, and Upscale Painting & Decorating paints individual units, common areas, stairwells and full building exteriors. We coordinate directly with strata managers, bodies corporate and building management so the work runs without disrupting residents.
Do you do commercial and office painting in North Sydney’s business district?
Yes. North Sydney is a major commercial centre, and we paint offices, shopfronts and commercial interiors across the district. We schedule the work around your trading hours, including after hours where needed, so your business keeps running and the space is clean and ready each day.
How do you handle access and parking for apartment and high-rise buildings in North Sydney?
Access is part of the quote. When Esmayel visits, he sorts out building access, lift and loading-dock bookings and timing with the strata manager or building manager up front, so there are no surprises once the job starts. In a dense precinct like North Sydney, that planning is what keeps a job on schedule.
Service Area
Servicing the Lower North Shore and greater Sydney
Upscale Painting & Decorating is a team of Sydney painters servicing North Sydney and the wider Lower North Shore. Alongside North Sydney, we paint homes, apartments and offices in:
Centennial Park
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Pyrmont
